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Healthy Gardening
Meet The 2011 Prairie Garden
The 2011 edition of The Prairie Garden featuring the theme of Healthy Gardening is now available. Each year The Prairie Garden editorial committee embraces a new theme. This year the Committee has responded to the overwhelming interest in healthier gardening practices, including the health of the gardeners themselves. Gardening today has a vast number of exciting possibilities.
The 2011 edition of The Prairie Garden is the 72nd anniversary edition of this popular digest-sized garden annual with a bonus of 200 pages, the largest ever. It is the only publication of its type in Western Canada. The Healthy Gardening theme focuses on the conditions and growing concerns of the northern Great Plains. Articles from many prairie horticultural contributors explore the health of the garden itself, as well as the benefits of gardening to both the gardener and the community.
The non-profit Prairie Garden Committee invites you to consider this timely reference guide for seasonal gift-giving or to entertain yourself through the long prairie winter in preparation for the next growing season. Readers will find a broad range of relevant topics for the garden novice, hobbyist or master gardener. New approaches for soil amendments, composting, lawn care, along with beneficial insects are discussed. The growing interest in abilities gardening is explored with helpful hints that will assist gardeners who must find new ways to approach their favourite hobby. The 2011 edition shares the experiences of several community gardens across the Prairies, and describes the many ways to successfully garden on balconies, small urban spaces or in large rural settings. A wealth of general interest articles include helpful tips for growing Begonias, Heucheras, Daylilies, Orchids, as well as information on the new Manitoba Master Gardener Program and much more.
The 2011 Prairie Garden, Healthy Gardening will entertain, enlighten and brighten the garden plans of Prairie gardeners and homeowners alike. The publication is available now in many garden centres and nurseries, McNally Robinson, and University of Manitoba Bookstore. Just in time for holiday gift-giving! Its convenient digest-size makes it a great gift to mail at any time of the year. You can also order directly from The Prairie Garden or be placed on our standing order list.
Send your request along with a cheque or money order for $14.95 ($12.00 plus $2.95 shipping and handling) to: The Prairie Garden, P.O. Box 517, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3C 2J3. Orders may also be placed by telephone: (204) 489-3466, fax: (204) 489-1644, or by email: sales@theprairiegarden.ca. For more information, visit our website: or contact the editor, Richard Denesiuk: editor@theprairiegarden.ca
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